Wardrobe-trunk.



M. CHERRY, JR. WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13, 1913.

1,078,715. Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

WITNESSES IIVVEIVTOR L/Maie 6%? /',f FMAM 2; v ATTORNEYS MOSES .CI-IERBY, JR., OF LARCHMQNT MANOR, NEW YORK.

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ToaZZ v whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that 1, Moses CHERRY, Jr.,

.a citizen of the United' States, ancl a reeldent ,of Larchmont Manor, in the county of (estchester and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved WVar'drobe- Trunk, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to'wardrobetrunks,

andbhas reference 'more particularly to a carriage frame forming'the support for thei clothes hangers.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong and compact carriage, which will accommodate hangers, extending through the entire width of the trunk and will prevent any displacement of the hangers when engagedin the said carriage frame.

The invention consists of the construction andcombination of parts to be more" fully described hereinafter and fully set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a wardrobe trunk partly broken out showing an embodiment of my invention; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of one end of the trunk showing the structure of the guide and carriage frame.

Referring to the drawings, 5 represents a trunk of well known form to the top and sides of which are secured brackets 6 properly bent and provided with an additional support 7 riveted thereto or secured in any suitable way. Secured to said brackets are U-shaped guides 8. The U-shaped guides, secured to both longitudinal sides of the trunk near the top thereof, extend through nearly the entire depth of the trunk body proper, as can be seen from Fig. 1. The upper portion of the U-shaped guide 8 is slightly shorter and raised, forming a lip 9.

Reciprocating in the Ushaped guides 8 is a carriage frame 10 formed of two L- shaped members 11 engaging the U-shaped member 8, and two members 12 binding the extremities of the said L-shaped members. The rear member 12 is provided with a chain, or any other similar element connecting it to the back of the trunk (not shown in the drawing), whereby the carriage frame 10 cannot pull entirely out of the U Specification of Letters Patent.

Lshaped members 11.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

Application filed March 13, 1913. serial No. 753,992.

shaped guides 8 but only to such length that the rear portion of the carriage remains always engaged between the upper and lower front portiens of the Ll-shaped guides.

The ,Lrshaped member 11 slides in the U-shaped guide 8 with its longer side ongaged'between the upper and lower portions of the U-shaped member and having its projecting edge portion 13' from its base extending slightly out of the U-shaped guide 8;' A garment hanger 1 1 is provided Wlth grooves 15 near its end, and withsaid grooves it engages the projecting edge portion 13 of the L-shaped member, the upper slideofthe garment hanger lt'engagingthe upper side of the U shaped guideS so that the garment hanger can slip on the L-shaped member but cannot be displaced vertically with reference to Fig. 1,'as it is prevented by'the upper side of the U-shaped guide 8 The number of hangers lt that can be provided on the L-shaped member varies according to the desire of the person using the trunk. It can be easily seen that when the garment hangers lt resting on the L- shaped member 11 are forced into the trunk, when the carriage 10 is moved in the lip 9 of the U-shaped guide 8 will allow an easy entrance to same. Furthermore, the garment hanger 14:, which carries the clothes, can then be removed through the upper portion of the carriage 10, when same is pulled out of the trunk, as shown in Fig. 1, without any trouble, the clothes passing between the This structure allows the use of clothes hangers substantially as wide as the distance between the L-shaped members 11; and the samecan always be re moved by a direct pull through the carriage frame, or, if desired, the garment hanger 14 may be raised slightly so as to disengage the grooves 15 from the projecting edge portion 18 of the L-shaped member and then one end of the garment hanger 11 made to pass under the l -shaped member, which will make the other end enter into the space between the L-shaped members, allowing the passage of the garment hanger 1a through the lower portion of the carriage frame.

It can be easily seen that the grooves 15 of the garment hanger 1 1 engaging the projecting edge portion 13 of the Lshaped member are prevented from wabbling on the L-shaped members. This allows a far easier compressing and gives more assurance of the clothes remaining undisturbed during the journey than with a complicated device which reduces the space between the guiding members, and consequently prevents the utilization of the entire space for clothing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. In a wardrobe trunk, a combination of. U-shaped guide members secured to the trunk and having an upper front end turned up, with a clothes support carriage frame comprising L-shaped members adapted to reciprocate in said guides; and hangers normally engaging with their extremities said L-shaped members and the upper side of said U guides.

2. In a wardrobe trunk, a combination of U-shaped guide members secured to the trunk and having an upper front end turned up, with a clothes support frame comprising L-shaped members adapted to reciprocate in 7 said guides and having a longitudinal projecting portion on the horizontal side and a clothes hanger having grooves engaging said projections on said L member and normally engaging with its ends between said U guides and said L members.

3. In a wardrobe trunk, a combination of U-shaped guide members secured to the trunk and having an upper front end turned up, with a clothes support frame comprising L-shaped members adapted to reciprocate in said guides and having a longitudinal projecting portion on the horizontal side proj ecting outside of said U-shaped guides; and a clothes hanger having grooves near the ends thereof engaging said projections of said L members and normally having the upper and lower surfaces of its ends engaged by said L-shaped members and said U- shaped members. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MOSES CHERRY, JR.

\Vitnesses:

BENEDICT JOFFE, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the f Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

